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Sind War, and Gwalior Outbreak,...... 480
Lord Hardinge (1844-1848); the First Sikh War , . . 480-482
Earl of Dalhousie (1848-1856), ...... 482-487
Second Sikh War, and Annexation of the Punjab , . . 483, 484
Second Burmese War, and Annexation of Pegu, . . . 484
Dalhousie’s Policy towards Native States; the Doctrine of
Lapse, .......... 485
Satara ; Jhansi ; Nagpur ; Berar,.485,486
Annexation of Oudh, ........ 486
Lord Dalhousie’s Work ; Extensions of Territory, . . . 487
Earl Canning (1856-1862), . 488-496
The Mutiny of 1857-1858, ....... 488-493
Downfall of the Company ; India transferred to the Crown, . 494, 495
Queen’s Proclamation of November 1st, r858, . . . 495
Financial and Legal Reforms, ...... 496
Lord Elgin (1862-1863) ; Lord Lawrence (1864-1869), . 496
Lord Mayo (1869-1872); Ambala Darbar; Visit of Duke
Financial Reforms; Abolition of Inland Customs Lines, . 497
Lord Northbrook (1872-1876); Visit of Prince of Wales, . 497
Lord Lytton (1876-1880); Proclamation of the Queen as
Empress,.498
Famine of 1876-1878 ; Second Afghan War, . . . 498,499
Marquess of Ripon (1880-1884); End of the Afghan War, . 498-501Rendition of Mysore ; Legal and Financial Reforms, . . 499, 500
Education Commission ; Abolition of Import Duties, . . 500
Bengal Tenancy Bill, . . ..501
Earl of Dufferin (1884-1888), ...... 501-503
Annexation of Upper Burma,.501-502
The Queen’s Jubilee (1887),.503
Marquess of Lansdowne (1888 to 1893), .... 503-506
Progress of Self-Government, ...... 503-506
The Indian National Congress, ...... 504
Lord Cross’ Act (1892), ....... 504
Russian Aggressions on the Pamirs (1891-92), . . . 505
Burmese Progress, . . . . . . . . 506
The Fall of the Rupee, ....... 506